Life, 1919-06-19 · page 42 of 42
Life — June 19, 1919 — page 42: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements** with one notable literary piece. The main content is a philosophical poem titled "Ambition" presented as two competing voices—one warning of ambition's destructive nature (ambition as disease, leading to Napoleon's fall, empire destruction), the other defending it as human progress (inspiration for Plato, Columbus, Joan of Arc). The advertising includes life-saving swimwear (KAPO), a Stromberg carburetor, Cortez cigars, Cunard steamship lines, Rameses cigarettes, and other products typical of early 20th-century magazines. The "Ambition" piece appears to be satirical commentary on human striving—presenting both the cautionary and celebratory views of ambition without resolving which is "correct." This reflects the era's tension between industrial progress and skepticism about unchecked ambition. The cigarette advertisement below seems deliberately ironic placement given the poem's moral themes.
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